Baron Cohen stops traffic at Australian ‘Bruno’ premiere

Sacha Baron Cohen’s outlandish character Bruno stopped traffic at the Australian premiere of his new movie, dressed as a sexy knight in shining armor.

Cohen hit Sydney on Monday night for the screening, and thrilled crowds of screaming fans by stepping out as a knight, leading a white horse dressed in bondage gear.

The funnyman has donned a different costume for every international premiere of the picture — in London he posed as a gay Queen’s guard and in Spain he dressed up as a bull.

But Cohen’s promotional trail in Australia has been marred with controversy.

In character as Bruno, he had earlier joked about romancing the country’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, telling a press conference, “The reason I’m late is I just had breakfast in bed with Kevin Rudd. That guy is, like, uber cute. I thought Obama was, like, the hottest guy in the world until I met Kevin.”